ArmInfo.The Office of the Ombudsman of Armenia summed up the monitoring of the situation
related to the shelling of the Armenian bordering villages of the Tavush region by the armed forces of Azerbaidjan, Chinari, Voskepar, Baganis, Voskevan, Kochi and Barekamavan. The shelling began in January 2017 and continues to this day.

ArmInfo. Information on the meeting of the Presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan in the framework of the UN General Assembly is not available. This was stated by the
American co-chair of the OSCE Minsk Group Richard Hoagland.

ArmInfo.Today, Prime Minister of Kazakhstan Bakytzhan Sagintayev held a meeting with Prime Minister of Armenia Karen Karapetyan, according to Kazakhstan media
sources. During the meeting, prospects for further development of trade and economic relations, in particular, new forms of cooperation, including trade in services and new technologies were discussed.

ArmInfo. The Israeli Defense Ministry is conducting a verification of the complaint they received from Baku, according to which the operators of the Israeli company Aeronautics Defense Systems refused to comply with the requirement of the Armed Forces of Azerbaijan to attack the Armenian targets to demonstrate the possibility of new unmanned equipment supplied by Israel to Azerbaijan.

ArmInfo.President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev received the heads of government of the EurAsEC member states, who will hold a meeting of the Eurasian intergovernmental council in Astana on Monday. Before the meeting of the council Nazarbayev greeted the heads of government and invited the participants of the council meeting to visit the international specialized exhibition "EXPO-2017", Tass reports.

ArmInfo.Remaining in the EEA and CSTO, Armenia has all the chances to maintain excellent relations with the EU, NATO and even Iran. The director of the Center for Regional Studies Richard Kirakosyan expressed this opinion to ArmInfo.

ArmInfo. In the issue of joint Armenian-Iranian projects, it is time to move from words to deeds. Stepan Grigoryan, head of the Analytical Center for Globalization and Regional Cooperation, expressed his opinion to ArmInfo.

ArmInfo.Ruben Safrastyan, director of the Institute of Oriental Studies of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) notes the tectonic shifts in the system of world
politics and the crisis in relations between Russia and the United States. The development data, as the expert pointed out on August 8 at a meeting with journalists, are very dangerous for the countries of the South Caucasus.

ArmInfo. Visit of the Minister of Regional Cooperation of Israel Tsakhi Anegbi to Armenia - clarification of positions, perhaps an invitation to a systemic dialogue on economic and security issues. This opinion was voiced by the Russian analyst, expert in the South Caucasus Sergey Markedonov.

ArmInfo.The growth of Israel's interest in Transcaucasus and Central Asia from year to year is difficult to notice. Russian analyst, expert on the South Caucasus Sergey Markedonov expressed such an opinion to ArmInfo.

ArmInfo. Visit of Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan to Iran will give a new impetus to the expansion of bilateral relations and their development, taking into account also Armenian-Iranian historical and cultural communities. The head of the Islamic Republic of Iran Hassan Roukhani stated at the meeting with Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan.

ArmInfo. Religious war of Saudi Arabia and its allies with Iran to Tehran's partners - Armenia and Russia is not threatened. Such an opinion was expressed by ArmInfo President of the Middle East Institute Evgeny Satanovsky.

ArmInfo. The statement of the blogger Alexander Lapshin convicted in Baku on extradition to Israel was transferred to the Justice Ministry of Azerbaijan, the verdict on the blogger's case takes effect on August 14. This was reported to RIA Novosti by Lapshin's lawyer Eduard Chernin. "The application for extradition was transferred to the Ministry of Justice," Chernin said. He added that extradition is possible only after the court verdict comes into force. "The sentence comes into force approximately on the 14th," the lawyer said.

ArmInfo.The visa-free regime introduced between Armenia and Iran gave a powerful stimulus to the growth of the number of Iranian tourists in Armenia. This was stated by Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan in an interview with the leading Iranian newspaper "Sharh".

ArmInfo.The relations between Armenia and Iran show that the people who preach various religions can live in harmony and effectively cooperate in all spheres without
exception. This was stated by the Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan
in an interview with the Iranian newspaper Sharg on the eve of his
visit to Iran.

ArmInfo. Another example of the xenophobic schizophrenia of the Azerbaijani authorities, hampered by Armenian hatred, was the story of Baku's possible refusal to work with Yandex and Uber only because the new joint structure of the two
giants was led by Moscow businessman of Armenian origin Tigran
Khudaverdyan.

ArmInfo.It's not a secret for anyone that for Armenia, cooperation with NATO is of a commercial nature. The director of the EurAsEC Institute Vladimir Lepekhin told ArmInfo about it."Russia, of course, is dissatisfied with NATO's activity on its borders, but this displeasure has nothing to do with the participation of the Armenian military in the exercises in Georgia." In Moscow, it refers to this, let's say, with understanding. Sun in exchange for participation in the exercises in Vaziani, in my opinion, these funds will help the Armenian military to solve certain problems, "he said.

ArmInfo. WikiLeaks published the Armenian digest of French President Emmanuel Macron, which also mentions Armenia.These digests, in particular, present the results of the visit of the Pope Francis to Armenia in June 2016, as well as his most important statements.

ArmInfo. Armenian Justice Minister David Harutyunyan and British Ambassador Judith Margaret Farnworth signed a memorandum of understanding on the eve of the launch of the joint program "Assistance to the Government of Armenia in the Implementation of the Anti- Corruption Strategy."